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They’re off: Race for Cowboys kicker is hit-and-miss at the moment

David Buehler made a 42-yard field goal — barely — in the preseason opener and has struggled to convert field goals from 30 to 40 yards consistently in camp.

Rookie challenger Dan Bailey showed a good leg on kickoffs against Denver, which was the biggest question with him. Yet he came back two practices later to miss 3 of 4 field goals.

So who leads this competition?

“I don’t think either of them are leading it,” head coach Jason Garrett said. “We’re hoping they are improving. I think they are. They’ve had a couple of bad days here and there, each of them. But on the whole they’ve done a good job. We’ll just see how it plays out here in the next few weeks.”

It helps you understand why the club signed an injured kicker (Kai Forbath) and put him on the non-football injury list during camp, doesn’t it?